Mira Aramini, 12, above, of Middlefield Center, was fast off the mark at 10 sharp this morning at Hyde Hall’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on the grounds of the National Historic Landmark above Otsego Lake. Undeterred by the rain, the Clements family of Hartwick, inset right, was first in line at 9:30, waiting on get onto the grounds: mom Fanny, dad Jonathan and, from left, Emma, 4, Xavier 10, and Lucas, 11. The annual event is sponsored by the Leatherstocking Region Federal Credit Union. (Jim Kevlin/www.AllOTSEGO.com)
EGG HUNT – 10 a.m. Annual Easter Egg Hunt on the lawn of Hyde Hall. Prizes, raffles, visits with the Easter Bunny. Free. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5098.
The annual Easter Egg Hunt at Bookout Funeral Home broke it’s previous attendance record this morning as 93 children and their families came to enjoy the festivities. Children could search for candy-filled eggs in four different rooms, enjoy tasty treats and enter for and chance to win prizes. Above, Kayleigh Deloge, left, and Jordan-Lynn Bordieri, right, Oneonta dig for eggs in the balloon room. At right, Connor Stokes, left, Oneonta, stands with his friend Patrick Grace who he presented with a new bike during the raffle. “His bike was falling apart and I knew he needed a new one. I put my tickets in to win the bike and I said if I won, I would give it to him.” (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
The Easter Bunny himself, top photo, greets hundreds of Easter-egg hunters – possibly a record turnout – at the Hyde Hall National Landmark mansion on Otsego Lake this morning for the annual Easter Egg hunt. In past years, staff received up to 500 advance queries; this year, it was 1,000. In bottom left photo, Hunter Pasek, Fly Creek, had filled his bucket with eggs in what seemed like seconds. Bottom right, two cousins, Max Horvath of Cooperstown and Marina Tompkins of Broadalbin, found the two huge prize Easter eggs. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
HOME FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN – 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Volunteer with the local Red Cross to install free smoke alarms, complete fire safety checklists, and create personalized fire escape plans with local families. Sign up @ www.redcross.org/local/new-york/eastern-new-york/home-fire-safety or call (315)733-4666
HEALTH SUMMIT – 1:30-4 p.m. Dr. Kevin P. Hill, Harvard University Medical School, presents “Marijuana: The Unbiased Truth about Medical use and Legalization.” Free and open to the public. Room 202 Johnstone Science Center, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.hartwick.edu/news/hartwick-college-2017-health-summit-focus-marijuana/
On your mark….get set…GO! Eleanor Walker, Cooperstown, and scores of other children race across the common lawn of The Farmers’ Museum Sunday in search of the golden egg containing a season pass for the Empire State Carousel. However, once all the eggs had been collected, the pass remained at large! Will the ticket surface? Only time will tell! (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Henry Cooper, left, and the Badgley twins Lillian and Naomi, Cooperstown, rush across the lawn of Hyde Hall during their annual Easter Egg hunt this morning. The event, sponsored by the Leatherstocking Federal Credit Union, had 677 attendees, a new record, who collected over 6,000 eggs in hopes of finding one of three special eggs, which would win the big Easter basket. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Nine-month old Nicolai Jacksto meets the Easter Bunny for the first time this afternoon at the Goodyear Lake Easter Egg Hunt. (Cheryl Clough/AllOTSEGO,com)
Lily Benoit, Davenport, and Jordan O’Dell, Oneonta, search for Easter eggs in the balloon room during the 4th annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Bookhout Funeral Home in Oneonta. Youngsters partook of snacks, and had their photos taken with the Easter bunny. The event goes until 1 p.m. (Ian Austin AllOTSEGO.com)
Flurries and cold winds blowing in from Otsego Lake didn’t stop the ever popular annual Hyde Hall Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday morning. Here, Parker Sitterly, Middlefield, in orange, dashes into the field of Easter eggs to find one of three chicks, which earned him a special Easter basket from Jon Maney. (Ian Austin/allotsego.com)
A record 600 kids took off across the Hyde Hall fields this morning at the annual Easter Egg hunt, hoping to find one of the lucky three prize eggs among the 8,000 scattered across the lawn.
Mr, and Mrs. Bunny lead Julia Bohm, Tara, Tess and Lincoln Dilorenzo and the rest of the kids down Pioneer Street in Cooperstown for an Easter parade and tea at the Tunnicliff Inn.